Firefighters have spent the night taking on a huge blaze which broke out in a barn on the Isle of Sheppey. Crews were called to Wall End Farm in Lower Road, Minster, at 2am. When they arrived the barn and its contents, around 3,500 tonnes of baled hay, was alight. The building is estimated to be worth £300,000 while the… read more →

Starting today we have a promotional sale on all of our Health & Safety and Fire Safety DVDs. All DDS professionally produced DVDs are currently marked half price and are available for purchase in our on-line shop. DVDs currently on sale Please follow the links below for full information on the DVDs available, pictures and free video previews. Fire Safety… read more →

Today we have released our latest open training course schedule for September 2014 through to February 2015. Our course schedule covers health and safety, fire safety, first aid and food safety and will be held at our regional training centre in Sittingbourne, Kent. Two new courses (C.O.S.H.H Awareness and Food Safety Induction) have been introduced. We are currently offering up… read more →

Following feedback from our European and UK based consultants, the health and safety audit preparation reports have been updated and the option added to create and download a PDF version of the report. In a move that is more environmentally friendly, more pages of information can be included in preparation for an audit or risk assessment and the PDF can… read more →

It has been over 5 years since our last redesign and we would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the new DDS International web site and offer a brief overview of what can be found with the new improved version. The whole design and layout has been reworked to make it easier for our visitors to find… read more →

The latest release of PYRAMID™ improves the the health and safety risk assessments with the ability to upload photos and use the iText features as found on the fire risk assessment and auditing pages. Photo Uploads Photo’s can now be uploaded to accompany to risk assessment. The key features of the photo upload options… The ability to drag and drop… read more →

In our ongoing effort to make the PYRAMID™ Risk Management System health and safety and food safety auditing process more efficient for our customers, risk assessors and consultants, the audit preparation reports are now also available to locations awaiting their first audit. Information required to meet some of the criteria for the upcoming audit is collected and displayed in an… read more →

A new report has found that hundreds of thousands of people living in high-rise flats and maisonettes are in potential danger because they do not have a fire escape plan. The London Fire Brigade said half of high-rise residents would leave their home even if a fire was somewhere else in the block – which can be the most dangerous… read more →

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has responded to a request for support from the Ministry of Labour, in Mauritius, for an initiative to improve occupational health and safety knowledge in the republic. The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Vice President Andy Lo visited the island of Mauritius to meet local IOSH members and Ministry of… read more →

Fire safety equipment at a pre-school in Luton could have had “serious consequences”, a report has revealed. Ofsted inspectors visited Butely Road Pre-School after a tip off that fire equipment was not up to an acceptable standard- meaning that children were not evacuated when the fire alarm for adjoining Pirton Hill Infant School sounded. The fault has since been fixed… read more →